广州沪教牛津版八年级英语上册期中试卷(含答案)

广州沪教牛津版八年级英语上册期中试卷
八年级英语
满分：100分时间：100分钟
一、语法选择（15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

For centuries, people have been trying to building computers. Perhaps the first computer was Babbage’s machine. Charles Babbage 1 it in 1837. Babbage's machine could only _ 2 maths. It was 3 very slow and did not work 4 . The US military developed some of the first modern 5 during World War II. They used these computers 6 find out the answers 7 difficult maths problems. Such early computers filled a large room.Since these computers were very expensive, 8 people had them or could use them. Small 9 _ computer for use in the home did not come out until 10 late 1970s. Modern computers have the ability to do just about 11 . People 12 on them to write reports,play garnes, chat with friends or even watch TV. 13 , modern computers are very small. You can even put some of 14 in your pocket. However, these small computers are 15 than the computers of 1940s.
1．A. created B. create C. creating D. creates
2．A. did B. does C. do D. doing
3．A. too B. as well C. also D. either
4．A. well B. good C. bad D. badly
5．A. computer B. computers C. the computers D. a computer
6．A. to help B. helping C. helped D. helpping
7．A. for B. with C. of D. to
8．A. few B. many C. all D. little
9．A. much cheap B. more cheap C. cheaper D. less cheap
10．A. the B. a C. an D. some
11．A. nothing B. no one C. anything D. some one
12．A. dependent B. depend C. independent D. dependence
13．A. However B. In addition C. instead D. because
14．A. their B. theirs C. them D. they
15．A. much useful B. most useful C. more useful D. useful
二、完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从16～25各题所给的A、B、C、D项中，出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One of the important mathematicians（数学家）of the 20th century was Srinivasa Ramanujan（1887～1920）. Yet, Ramanujan did not get any 16 in maths from great teachers or study maths at college. 17 , he came from a small town in India and taught himself maths.
Ramanujan showed an interest in maths at an early age. In junior high school, he often helped his teachers with difficult maths problems. However, 18 he did not go to college, he often could not find a job. He was also very poor and sometimes did not 19 have food to eat. During this time, he kept a 20 full of his work in maths. He showed this to some members of the Indian Mathematical Society. After they 21 it, they became very excited. They 22 it and sent it to some famous mathematicians in Britain. While many of these mathematicians did not understand his work, mathematician G.H. Hardy.
23 Ramanujan was a great mathematician. He asked Ramanujan to come to English. Ramanujan was 24 famous, and became a fellow at Cambridge University-the first Indian to do so. However, at the same time, he became very 25 , and had to return to India. He died soon after, at the age of 32.
16．A.ability B. promise C. instruction D. challenge
17．A. However B. Instead C. Perhaps D. In addition
18．A. since then B. suddenly C. instead D. because
19．A. even B. never C. include D. since
20．A. board B. notebook C. computer D. mobile phone 21．A. found B. compared C. checked D. developed
22．A. copied B. doubled C. sold D. created
23．A. smell B. heard C. looked D. realized
24．A. hardly B. suddenly C. probably D. possibly
25．A. popular B. happy C. ill D. special
三、阅读（共两节，满分45）
第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分；满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

（A）
I work in a nursing home and my job is to take care of the elderly.
This year, a very sweet old lady that I cared for, Alice, has gone through a difficult time. She's got dementia（痴呆症）and she has been in the hospital twice. In November I was finally able to get her back to her “home”.
Alice used to think her daughter was coming to visit her on Christmas day and that they were going to have the whole family together like the old days. When she finally realized that happy moment was not going to happen, she was very down.
Knowing that her daughter was coming after Christmas was not enough to make her feel happy, I hated the idea of her being alone on the holiday!
On Christmas Eve, I gave her a surprise by asking if she would like to go to a candlelight service at church（教堂）that night.
Instead of taking her to my church, I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her friends were. We got there early and I got her a seat where her friends could see her as they came in. Then soon some of her friends came to the church and they rushed over to greet her and sit beside her. The candlelight service was beautiful and Alice got a lot of love from her old and new friends there.
The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alice's face. 26．What does the word “down” mean in Paragraph 3?
A. unhappy
B. happy
C. excited
D. interested 27．When was Alice's daughter coming to visit her?
A. Before Christmas.
B. After Christmas.
C. On Christmas Day.
D. On Christmas Eve.
28．Where did Alice spend her Christmas Eve?
A. In the hospital.
B. In the nursing home.
C. In the church.
D. In her house.
29．Who made the old woman happy in the story?
A. Her daughter.
B. An old lady in need.
C. Her grandchildren.
D. A visit to old friends.
30．What is the best title for this passage?
A. A job in a nursing home.
B. Her new neighbors.
C. A real present for Christmas.
D. Her old and new friends.
（B）
Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Web, created the world wide web in 1990.
Berners-Lee was born on June 8,1955 in London, England. His parents, both computer designers, encouraged him to think and work creatively as he grew up. He was an excellent student and naturally took an interest in computers and science.
After graduating from Oxford University, Tim went to work at a science research centre in Switzerland. There be developed some of the different systems that would later become the Web. The first was HTML, the computer language used to make web pages. The second was an address system that let computers anywhere find each other and send and receive information. In 1990,while still at the science centre in Switzerland, he put them together to make the first Internet browser（浏览器）. It could run on any computer and allowed people to create and share their information with the rest of the world.
Tim knew that the more people used the Web, the more useful it would be. He wasn't interested in money but knowledge, so he gave out his invention for free to anyone who was interested. Many were interested and the growth of the Internet began.
Today Tim works as a professor at the MIT（麻省理工学院）in America, researching new and interesting ways to use the Web. He has received many awards from governments and organizations for his efforts（努力）. He is still not very interested in money. That is why he is so admired by his students and workmates. It may also be one of the reasons that few people outside the world of technology know his name.
31．What was Berners-Lee interested in when he was young?
A. maths
B. computers
C. Computers and science
D. science
32．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Tim is 65 years old now.
B. The World Wide Web was created in Switzerland.
C. The fist web browser was very expensive to buy
D. Many people could use the Internet before 1990
33．What can we learn about Berners-Lee from the passage?
A. He was encouraged to be creative.
B. He didn't do well at school.
C. He is a very poor businessman.
D. He is well-known all over the world. 34．Where does Berners-Lee live today?
A. England.
B. Switzerland.
C. America.
D. Canada.
35．What is the passage mainly about?
A. The childhood of Tim Berners-Lee.
B. The history of the Internet.
C. The invention of the internet browser.
D. The man who created the World Wide Web.
（C）
Let's take a look at the cool inventions in science and technology.
Robot-teacher
Some students in South Korea have a new language teacher: the English-teaching robot. The robots help students practise speaking English. As not many foreigners teach English in South Korea, the robot-teachers can help solve the problem that there are not enough English teachers. Can robots replace（代替）human teachers one day?
Superhero suit
Have you ever dreamt of becoming a superhero? There's a real Iron Man suit, XOS 2.The suit provides the power to lift 200 pounds and break the wood easily. It was made to help lift the heavy things. One person in the suit can do the work of three people.
Hard-working robot
The EMIEW 2 robot is a perfect office helper. It can guide visitors to the place they want to go. The three-foot-tall robot can know different human voices and give help if you tell them clearly. One day, it might work as a guard.
36．What do the robot-teachers teach?
A. Maths.
B. English.
C. Chinese.
D. History.
37．A man in the superhero suit can do the work of people.
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
38．The EMIEW 2 robot might work as in the future according to the passage.
A. a teacher
B. a superhero
C. a soldier
D. a guard
39．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Robot-teachers help students in South Korea.
B. The Iron Man suit, XOS 2 provides the power to lift 200 pounds.
C. The Iron Man suit, XOS 2 is a robot.
D. The EMIEW 2 robot is a perfect office helper.
40．What is the main ideas of this passage?
A. About a language teacher.
B. About a special suit.
C. About a hard-working robot.
D. About three cool inventions.
（D）
Below are some suggestions given by the English children posted on the website about how to help Africa. Which one do you think is the best?
I think health is the most important thing. We need to make sure that the money we give is spent wisely. The money should be spent first on clean water supplies and better health care.
—— Robin, aged 16, Birmingham
I think the most important thing is to improve the education of the African countries. There is an old saying, “If you give a man a fish, you’ll feed him for a day. If you teach him how to fish, you’ll feed him for a lifetime.” We need to help people to help themselves, not just throw money at the problem when it appears.
—— Rebecca, aged 15, Liverpool People seem to give a lot more money to charity when there is a sudden, huge disaster (灾难) like the earthquake. It’s good for people to do so, but I also think that everyone should give a small part of their salary (工资) to charity. If everyone did that, it would make a big difference.
—— Mary, aged 14, Standford-on-Avon Giving money to charity can help, but it’s not the final answer. I think what these countries need is a good government.
—— Bethany, aged 16, Newcastle
The best thing we can do is to send experts like engineers, doctors and teachers to help people to help themselves.
—— Roberts, aged 16, Cardiff 41．Which two children share the similar (相似的) opinion?
A. Mary and Rebecca
B. Bethany and Mary
C. Rebecca and Bethany
D. Rebecca and Robert
42．Who pays more attention to African health care?
A. Mary.
B. Robin.
C. Rebecca.
D. Robert.
43．What does Rebecca mean by saying “We need to help people to help themselves”?
A. We should help the teachers in Africa to improve their teaching skills.
B. We should help people in Africa to build a good government.
C. We should help the African people develop skills to make a living.
D. We should help the African people build more schools.
44．What is Mary’s opinion?
A. Everyone should do what we can to help the African people.
B. It is not good for people to give so much money to the African people.
C. It is very important to have a good government.
D. We can send more teachers there to help the African people.
45．What is the structure (结构) of the passage? (P = Paragraph)
A. P1-P2// P3-P5// P6
B. P1-P5// P6
C. P1// P2-P5// P6
D. P1// P2-P6
第二节：阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
根据短文的内容，从所给的选项中选出能够填入短文空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Today, an increasing number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down. These people are called the “Heads-down Tribe” 46 There are more and more traffic accidents happening because of mobile phones. 47 .In order to make drivers pay more attention to driving, some new traffic rules have been made.
As we can see above, using mobile phones may cause traffic accidents. Also, more and more interesting and strange facts happen to the Heads-down Tribe", 48 As a result, he
knocked into a big lost bear. When he lifted his eyes from the phone, he was so afraid that he turned around and ran away as quickly as possible. Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones. It's strange that they don't talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. 49 Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools for modern life. 50 Let's be “healthy” users and try to be the “Heads-up Tribe”.
四、写作（共30分）
第一节单词拼写（共6小题，每小题1分，满分6分）
51．The p of the model plane is too high, I can't afford it.
52．Albert Einstein was b on 14 March 1879 in Germany.
53．September is the n month of the year.
54．Can you spell the word c .
55．Thomas Edison was a great i .
56．The firm is so f that I can't help laughing loudly.
第二节完成句子（共7小题，每题2分，满分14分）
57．暑假快到了，我盼望着和父母一起去上海旅游。

The summer holiday is coming, I'm going on a trip to
Shanghai with my parents.
58．大学毕业后，他和简保持着联系
He Jane after he graduated from college.
59．汤姆现在比他爸爸高得多。

Tom is his father now.
60．他终于意识到他的错误了。

Finally, he of his mistakes.
61．我爸爸非常喜欢去人民公园散步。

My father likes in People's Park.
62．我们要阳止人们到处扔垃圾。

We should away rubbish here and there.
63．你能给我一些关于如何学好英语的建议吗?
Can you me how to learn English well?
第三节书面表达（满分10分）
要求：1．短文应包括题中所有要点，适当发挥，并补充相关内容；
2．词数80字左右。

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上周，你们班开展了一个有关于学生在家使用电脑的情况的调查。

下面是你们小组的调查结果，请根据以下的内容起草一份报告，并说说你对如何使用电脑的看法。

要求：1．短文应包括表中所有要点，可适当发挥；
2．文中不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息；
3．词数80字左右。

（开头已给出，不计入词数）
Online homework
Last week, we did a survey about using computers at home. Here are the results of our group. ___________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
广州沪教牛津版八年级英语上册期中试卷
八年级英语参考答案
一、语法选择
1～5 ACCAB 5～10 ADACA 11～15 CBBCC
二、完型填空
16～20 CBDAB 21～25 CADBC
三、阅读
26～30 ABCDC 31～35 CBACD 36～40 BBDCD 41～45 DBCAD
46～50 EBCA
四、写作
第一节单词拼写
51. price 52. born 53. ninth 54. correctly 55. inventor 56. funny
第二节完成句子
57. looking（1分）forward to
58. kept in touch with
59. much/far taller（1分）than
60. was aware（1分）of
61. going for a walk
62. stop people from throwing
63. give some advice on/about
第三节书面表达
范文
Last week, we did a survey about using computers at home. Here are the results of our group. Mary uses computer twice a week. She mainly uses it to watch movies and look for useful information. As for Sam, who almost uses computer every day, he plays games and chats with his friends online. What about Mabel? She usually reads news and does online homework every weekend. For me, I am used to listening to music and watching films on my computer, which makes my life after class relaxing.
In my opinion, it is important for all of us to use computer properly. I believe using computer in a proper way will bring us lots of benefits.。